CORONAVIRUS
Suspected victim of coronavirus in Lagos has tested negative to the infection.
The State’s Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi confirmed this after investigations and sophisticated testing of the virus in the Chinese citizen presented at the Reddington Hospital, Ikeja
Abayomi therefore stated that there is no case of Corona Virus in the State as of now.
Meanwhile, Algeria government has confirmed the first of the two suspected cases of coronavirus amongst the Italian citizens in the country.
This follows Africa’s first COVID-19 case which was reported earlier this month in Egypt.
World Health Organization (WHO) said the person previously confirmed to have the coronavirus in Egypt is on his way to recovery, after latest tests showed he was no longer carrying the virus.
As part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, WHO has recommended staying at least 3 feet (or 1 meter) away from anyone who may be infected.
The health secretary, Washington DC, John Wiesman urged the public to do what they do every cold and flu season by washing their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Wiesman urged anyone feeling sick to cover his/her entire mouth and nose when he/she coughs or sneezes by not using his/her hands but by using either his/her bent elbow or a tissue that must be thrown away immediately afterward.
The novel coronavirus has killed at least two thousand, eight hundred people worldwide.
SARS
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed the Zonal Intervention Squad officer, Olaniyi Ogunsoro who was involved in the murder of the Remo Star football club player, Tiamiyu Kazeem.
Ogunsoro is presently undergoing disengagement proceedings of the service and he is expected to soon be prosecuted.
The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the death of the Assistant Captain and Defender of Remo Stars Football club, Tiyamiyu Kazeem and ordered the arrest of one of its own who was involved in the soccer player’s demise.
According to the police, Kazeem was knocked down by a vehicle while trying to cross the expressway in order to evade arrest.
However, the club, quoting an eyewitness, said men of the police’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) had pushed Kazeem out of a moving vehicle, leading to his death.
Following the conflicting reports regarding the death, Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, ordered the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Division (FCID), Anthony Ogbizi, to investigate the killing of a player.
BAYELSA
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for review of the judgment which sacked the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, David Lyon and his deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo.
Lyon was sacked by the apex court on February 13, on grounds that his deputy submitted forged certificates to INEC.
According to the court ruling, this affected the disqualification of the joint ticket with which Degi-Eremienyo and the governorship candidate, Lyon, ran for and won on November 16, 2019.
The Supreme Court thereafter fined David Lyon’s lawyer, Afe Babalola (SAN) and APC’s lawyer, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) thirty million each for agreeing to file an application for the review of the apex court’s judgment on Bayelsa election.
Justice Amina Augie of the apex court announced that the two counsels must pay the sum of ten million naira to each of the three respondents – the Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Duoye Diri, and the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhruojakpo, bringing the total amount to be paid to N60 million.
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri said the Supreme Court’s ruling was only an affirmation of God’s judgement.
SPORT
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered Manchester City’s appeal against their two-year ban from European club competition.
CAS says it is not possible to say when the matter will be resolved.
The independent adjudicatory chamber of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) said it found City had broken the rules by overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016, adding that the club failed to cooperate in the investigation.
UEFA launched an investigation after German newspaper Der Spiegel published leaked documents in November 2018 alleging City had inflated the value of a sponsorship deal, misleading European football’s governing body.
Meanwhile, Manchester City continues to win her matches and recently defeated Real Madrid in the ongoing UEFA champions league.
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